Gratitudes + things that are making me happy

• The brand-new ballet my mom and I saw last week - small excerpt above! Invigorating and just delightful
• How the sand felt under me when I sat cross-legged on the beach in the evening of a hot day
• Cozy socks and a cozy beanie
• Finally getting a bike helmet, as a birthday present - and a nice one, at that, for the first time
• Letting myself read and enjoy books which do not require a lot of effort and concentration
• Hours of snacks and tea and feminism with friends
• Going to bed early enough to sit up against my pillows and read before I reach the point of drooping eyelids
• Beginning to build my own "I'm a Grown-Up with My Own Home" Harry Potter set
• Wonderful springtime clouds
• That one of my kindred spirit friends from college will be moving to the Bay Area soon, and that I got to hang out with her while she was visiting to check out apartments
• Sitting down and drinking a full glass of water mindfully
• An invitation/a thought of visiting an old friend in LA
• Having letters to reply to (the positive flip-side of feeling behind on replying to letters?)
• Wandering around a yuppie retail part of Oakland with my dad, admiring the wares in all the yuppie stores (graceful stoneware, adult coloring books, exceedingly precious locally made baby clothes, etc.)